Red azuki bean popsicle has been my favorite luxurious treat in childhood days… the creamy coconut milk with wholesome of red azuki bean fragrance is just unforgettable… In recalling my faded memories and to share this old-time treat with husband and kids, I made this azuki bean popsicle. Husband said that “hey, it has the taste of my childhood too!” 🙂
Get the recipe and method to make this creamy red azuki bean popsicle after this jump.
A little background of this traditional red azuki bean popsicle…. The taste of this red azuki bean popsicle is similar to “AisKrim Potong” (Cut-Out Ice Cream in Malays), a traditional homemade dessert treat that are hardly found nowadays. Those modern mass production and commercially available in the grocery stores are not counted, they are not homemade and don’t taste exactly like homemade with natural ingredients. In olden days, AisKrim Potong is sold by an ice-cream man (normally the husband of the homemade ice-cream maker) with an distinguishable umbrella and ringing bell on his motorcycle or bicycle. He usually comes around the same time everyday, stops his bicycle at the same spot and ringing his bell to call his little ice-cream fans who would rush out from their home with some coins on their hands. He serves his little fans by cutting a small paper carton of hard ice cream into rectangular shape, either insert it in between 2 rectangular wafers, or, insert a wooden stick to the ice cream, peel away the remaining carton paper and give it to his fan with an exchange of 10-20 cents (some 30-40 years ago). There are several flavors in AisKrim Potong, Red bean (azuki bean) is the most popular flavors among them, other flavor like durian, corn, jackfruit and other tropical fruits are as tasty too.
Red bean Azuki Popsicle is the milky creamy ice cream with coconut flavor. I made this recipe and it was very tasty and it becomes child favorite dish.
I grew up in NY with several foster sisters and brother who were from Vietnam. They introduced us to the adzuki/coconut milk desserts. It is a taste of my childhood, too! Thank you for this recipe. I never thought to put the combo into a popsicle. And I love your plastic bag idea, too. Thank you for this post!
I love using the Azuki beans in different dishes, adding flavor and fiber. But never thought to make a sweet treat from them. I will have to try this as a treat for my grandkids this summer. I hate giving them the commercial chem and sugar laden things from the stores.
Thanks for sharing!
I am a sure they will love it!!! we love to use azuki beans for dessert and cakes 🙂
Enjoy your summer!!!
When you say syrup, what kind are you referring to? I love azuki beans cooked with brown rice 😉
My daughter in law is Chinese and I would like to make these pops when they come to visit in October as a surprise for her!
The syrup I used is melted sugar, either from bottle or you can just boil the sugar with some water to melt it. The syrup is only to add sweetness to the mixture, please don’t use flavored syrup or else it will take over the natural zauki bean and coconut milk taste.
May I know where is she from? Please let me know how she responded with this pop!!! Just curious 🙂
Hummmm..delicia!!! Me encanto la receta, Aqui en Lima-Peru esta haciendo mucho frio
pero igual consumo helados, asi que voy a experimentar esta novedad con mucho gusto.
Mil gracias.
Besos y abrazos.
Translate (by Google):
Hmmmm .. delicious! I loved the recipe, here in Lima-Peru is doing very cold
but like ice cream consumption, so I experience this happy news.
Thanks.
Kisses and hugs.
Enjoy your winter with this pop, ha ha ha!!!!
Thanks for sharing! It was fun to hear about the ice cream man and how you used to mold the popsicle in the narrow plastic bag!
Hi Heather, we can hardly see this ice cream man on bicycle anymore. May be those living in rural area still have a chance to buy ice cream in such a way, it is really fun to wait for the ice cream man to arrive 🙂